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. 2024 Mar 7;14:5656. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-56178-z

Table 2.

The petrographic modal composition of the AEB_IIIG sandstone microfacies.

Components (%) Quartz Lithic Fragments Feldspars Glauconite Quartz Cement Carbonate Cement Pyrite Clays Point Count Porosity Total
Quartz arenite (MF1)
 Min 50 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 0.8 5.2
 Max 70 0 3.6 11.2 6.4 0 14.4 9 22
 Avg 64 0 1.4 3.9 3.5 0 7.2 4.3 15.7 100.0
Calcareous quartz arenite (MF2)
 Min 45 0 0 0 0 7 2.4 3 1.8
 Max 60.8 3.2 6.04 6.4 8.4 12 7 4.8 21.6
 Avg 56.3 1.3 5 3.8 3.5 8.5 4 3.5 14.1 100.0
Glauconitic quartz arenite (MF3)
 Min 42 0 3 10 6 0 3 5 18
 Max 45 0 5 14 8 3 6 6.6 20
 Avg 46.2 0 3.7 12 7 1.4 5 5.7 19 100.0
Quartz wacke (MF4)
 Min 33.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 46 9.2
 Max 37 2 0 0 2 0 5.2 52.4 12
 Avg 35.6 2 0 0 1 0 3 48 10.4 100.0
Lithic wacke (MF5)
 Min 34.4 12.8 0 1 0 0 7 27.2 2.4
 Max 41 15 0 5 0.8 3 12.4 34.4 5
 Avg 37.5 13.9 0 3 0.4 1.7 9.1 30.6 3.8 100.0
Lithic arenite (MF6)
 Min 51.6 19.2 0 0 7.2 0 2 3.8 5
 Max 60 21 0 1.2 14.4 1 5 4.8 8
 Avg 56.5 19.4 0 0.6 9.8 0.5 2.7 4.5 6 100.0
Mudstone (MF7)
 Min 4.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 3
 Max 7.3 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 91.2 4.4
 Avg 6.2 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 88.6 3.4 100.0